Friendly Fire

Friendly Fire

147 mins | Drama, War, TV Movie | Nov. 9, 1980

In March 1970, a U.S. Army officer arrived at the Iowa farm of Peg and Gene Mullen and informed them that their son Michael had been killed in Vietnam by "friendly fire." Their determined attempts to learn more about the circumstances of their son's death are the subject of this true account film.

Friendly Fire

147 mins | Drama, War, TV Movie | Nov. 9, 1980

Friendly Fire
In March 1970, a U.S. Army officer arrived at the Iowa farm of Peg and Gene Mullen and informed them that their son Michael had been killed in Vietnam by "friendly fire." Their determined attempts to learn more about the circumstances of their son's death are the subject of this true account film.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Marble Arch Productions, martin starger productions
Original title Friendly Fire
Directors Thom Anable, Kate Tilley, Betty Goldberg, Ric Rondell, David Greene
Writers C.D.B. Bryan, Fay Kanin

Cast

Carol Burnett

as Peg Mullen

Ned Beatty

as Gene Mullen

Dennis Erdman

as Michael E. Mullen

Sherry Hursey

as Patricia Mullen

Timothy Hutton

as John Mullen

Fanny Spiess

as Mary Mullen

Steve Bonino

as Cactus

Hilly Hicks

as Willis Huddleston

Kevin Hooks

as Polk

David Keith

as Leroy Hamilton

Dan Shor

as Prince

Mark L. Taylor

as Capt. Bannock

Bernard Behrens

as Dietrich

William Jordan

as Col. Byron Schindler

Jack Rader

as Sgt. Fitzgerald

Vernon Weddle

as Col. Georgi

Phillip R. Allen

as Ralph Jenner

Nicolas Coster

as Carl

Charles Cyphers

as Tom Loomis

Sierra Pecheur

as Mrs. Hamilton

Ford Rainey

as Mr. Hamilton

Jenny Sullivan

as Mrs. Bryan

Robert Wahler

as Alan Hulting

Sam Waterston

as C.D.B. Bryan

Michael Flanagan

as Father Shimon

Wyatt Knight

as (uncredited)

Frank Bruno

as (uncredited)